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The Hallett Herald
HALLET.
J. E. MASON.
OKLAHOMA
NEW STATE NOTES.
SETTLE Dili SUIT
The big round bale cotton gin at
Btftlow which was recently totally
destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt at
once at the old site.
OFFICIALS OF HARRIMAN LINES
IN WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
TAFT DISMISSES PINCHOT
SWEETIES IT IS1LIIH
"MISS BARNARD CONDEMNS MAN-
AGEMENT IN REPORT TO GOV.
The county commissioner* of Tulsa
county have authorized a bridge across
Snake creek, a stream in the sounth-
er part of the county near Bixby.
Oklahoma last year produced a short-
er crop of cotton than in any year
since the industry bec&ru£ general, but
!he crop probably yielded more money
than any previous one.
TIE CISE llll lEMIII IIGOBIT
President Taft Ha Not Given Hit
Attitude in the Matter—Rail-
roads Want Settlement
"Out of Court"
Marshall Evans of Pawhuska has
been suspended from office by Judge
J. J. Shea, before whom affidavits
were made to the effect that Evans
had been caught gambling.
The board of regents for the state
normal schools last week elected M.
E. Gaskill of the Enid public schools
as teacher of atheletics in the South-
western Normal school at Weather-
ford.
With an acreage in wheat a third
more than 1909, and with the coldest
winter experienced in years working
good with the soil, Oklahoma farmers
are anticipating the greatest crop of
wheat ever grown in the state.
The state board of agriculture lasu
ed a cotton report last week showing
hat to Jan. 1. 460.461 bales of cotton
had been ginned in Oklahoma and
estimating that the season's crop
would not surpass 500,000 bales.
Railroad valuations of 72 of the 76
counties in Oklahoma show a total of
S 182.049,932. The counties having uo
roads are Beaver, Cimarron, Harper
and Roger Mills. Harmon, a new
county, has a road in process of con-
struction.
School officers to the number of per-
haps 400 are to be guests of Guthrie
this week, and extensive preparations
■re being made for their entertainment
The state association of superinten-
dents and commissioners convenes Jan
12 to 14th.
W. E. Ritchie, vice president, and
Thomas A. Hagier, assistant cashier
of the First National bank of Tulsa,
have handed in their resignations to
take effcct Feb. 1. Their future plans
have not been announced.
George Smith, editor of the Chandler
Tribune, has resigned his office as
c hairman of the state democratic pres3
bureau. It is rumored that Smith win
have charge of the gubernational
campaign of Judge J. B. A. Robertson
of Chandler.
The Oklahoma woman Suffragist as
sociation has filed with the secretary
of str.te a petition containing 88,300
signatures asking for submission to
the voters at the next general eection
the proposition of cutting out the word
"malt" in the Oklahoma constitution.
Washington.—Negotiations have be-
gun looking to a settlement "out of
court" of the government's suit for
the dissolution of the merger of the
so-called Harrlman lines, brought un-
der the provisions of the Sherman
bnti-trust law.
The matter was the subject of a
conference at the white house Mon-
day, attended by Judge Robert S.
Lovett. president of the Union Pacific
aud allied Harriman lines: Attorney
General Wlckensham, Frank B. Kel-
logg, special United States attorney
in the case against the railroads and
former Senator John C. Spooner and
Maxwell Evarts, of New York, attor-
neys for tlje Harrlman lines. The con-
ference lasted from 3 until 7 p. m.
It can be stated authoritatively that
no decision of any sort was reached,
j It was said the conference was the
I first of a series of meetings to be held
' to determine on what ground the rep
{•esentatives of the Harriman lines and
i tlie government can meet for an ad-
; Jvstinent.
President Taft has given no intima-
tion as to what his attitude will be and
hh final deteiminitior in the matter
[ will depend largely upon the propo-
j sition the railroads have 10 make look-
ing toward a compliance wito the anti-
j trust law
j The case will not be diopped, It is
i said, except upon such terms as will
! look to a correction of ttie evils com-
I plain d of in the government suit, or
I unless the gcvernment can be shown
to bo completely in error.
The suit against the Harriman line?,
j which cons'st in chief of the Union
1 Pacific, the Southern Pacific, the Ore-
! gen Short Line and the Oregon Rail-
, roai I- Navigation comprny, was be-
, c;nn following an Inquiry before the
I interstate commerce commission. It
was during these aearings that the
| enormous stock holdings of tb« Har-
rlman lines in other railroads fifst
| came to general public ettention
j Mr. Harriman himself appeared be-
fore- the commission ano wafc on tl-e
I witness stand for several days.
I Mr. Hnrriman, It will be r -member
j t-d, declined to answer p. number of
| questions put to him and the. matter
I had to be taken to the United States
circuit court for determination.
The suit for the dissolution of the
1 combination c<f railroad.; was brought
in Salt Lake City and is pending in the
courts there. Testimony has been
taken In a number of • itiea already.
In a letter to Mayor Mitchell of
Tulsa. Senator Thomas P. Gore an
nounced that the government architect
has recommended that 1225.000 be ex-
pended in a public building for Tulsa.
He says that other cities In the New
state will also receive large appropria-
tions.
Editor Heads Club
Hastings. Okla. -J. A. Stockton,
editor of the Hastings News, lias been
elected president of the commercial
club and Dr. J. R. Gossett. treasurer.
At the next meeting a secretary will
j be elected. The club i* making plans
'for some good work for the town and
I county durinjj*1910.
The report of State Game Warden
J. S. Askew to the aecretary of the
state for the month of December show
that 22.454 reslents hunting licenses
and 5.655 permits were issued. Tulsa
i county issued 736; Choctaw county
597; Sequoyah county 537; and Caddo
county 632.
The board of affairs is planning to
let the contract about February 15 for
the $100,000 girl s industrial school, at
Chi< knsha and for the two new build-
ings for the insane nsylum. at Vinita.
Two Homes Burn at Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla.—Two residences be-
longing to Dr. Malnes. located in the
south part of th? city, were totally
destroyed with contents, early Mon-
day morning, and for a time that pot
tlon of the city wes cndangerul on
account of a high wind blowing.
Letter Read in Senate by Dolllver
Forces Action
Washington.—Gilford Pinchot, chief
'forester and Intimate friend of Tkeo-
Idore Roosevelt, Friday was dismissed
from the service of the United States
| by President Taft for insubordlna
| tlon. Associate Forester Overton W.
i Price and Assistant La*- Officer Alex-
ander C. Shaw, Pinchot's immediate
I assistants in the forestry bureau, fol-
lowed their chief out of government
(employ.
Thoroughly indignant over the ac-
tion of Mr. Pinchot in inducing Sen-
1 ator Dolllver to read a letter from
him in the senate Thursday, Presi-
dent Taft would listen to no advice
that the forester's violation of exec-
utive orders be overlooked pending
I the inquiry soon to be undertaken by
congress. He declared the dignity of
ihe office he had been chosen by the
people to fill was being attacked and
he would be unfaithful to his trust
if he submitted longer.
Mr. Taft undoubtedly realizes fully
what the dismissal of Forester Pin-
(chot means in a political way. He
I lias been convinced for seme time that
the socalled "Insurgent:;" and other
critics of his administration had en-
listed the services of Mr. Pinchot
' and practically were defying him to
separate Pinchot from his office. The
latter's letter few h^re doubt, was
written with the di.ect purpose of
putting Irfquarely up to the Fres-
: ide nt."
The president sought to avoid the
•hreatened war as long as he ceuld,
but declared that patience had ceased
to be a virtue. He picked up the
gauge of battle thiuwn down by Mr.
Pinchot by the hard of Senator Dol-
liver in the senate, and with the ad-
ministration supporters is ready for
he fray, which is certain to ens*p.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
Pinchot's immediate superior, it ap-
pears, was one of il e forester's chief
scusers. He told President Taft
'that he had advised Mr. Pinchot not
.o send the letter to Senator Doiliw;
that Tinchot had told him he had
swh a letter in mind, and "could in
duce Senator Dolliver" to read it on
the wry day that President Taft's
special message transmuting the at-
tjrney general's exoneration of Sec-
retary BalUnger, was to be presant'tfl
to the senate.
It was this story of Pinchot's ap-
parently calculated insubordination
that aroused the president to the
ksenest resentment.
Mr Taft accused Pinchot ot having
taken his stand against Secretary Bal-
hnger wholly upon the evidence ad-
vanced by L. R. Glavis and without
regard o the evidence on the other
side, on file in the Interior depart-
ment. The letter directing Secretary
Wilson to dismiss the forester forth-
with, was carefully framed during the
afternoon sitting of the cabinet and
was revised several times before fin-
ally being mnde public. It is the pres-
ident's own statement of the case.
Mr. Pinchot received the president's
letter and Secretary Wilsoo's per-
emptory note of dismissal; but notb
ing about his demeanor indicated he
, was surprised or distressed by either
DEMIIDSIEMIUI HE SDPElllTEIlUT
State Commissioner Declares That the
"Crib" and Other Methods Used
in "Obsolete Penitentiaries"
are Used in the Asylum
How Does the Rule Work?
A close observing fellow tells it
that you can always spot a gentleman
by the way he winds his watch.
the same token we are enabled to
Identify a roan who is not a gentle-
man by the way he hasn't any watch
to wind.
Guthrie, Okla.—Demanding the re-
moval of Dr. A. T. Clark, superinten-
dent of the insane asylum at Norman,
and criticising with all the vehemence
at her command practices In the treat-
ment of inmates in the sanitarium,
Miss Kate Barnard, commissioner of
charltlas and corrections, Saturday
night sent her report to Governor Has
kell following an investigation of con-
ditions at the asylum.
j She declares that the crib, straight
| jacket, straps, chains and other meth-
iods used in "obsolete penitentiaries"
| to punish criminals were jsed in the
j asylum.
I Miss Barnard makes public a 'etter
I she wrote to Superintendent Clark a
j year ago in which she found that
I helpless and insane sirk patients were
! shin up in coffin shaped cribs, or tied
with straps and c hains and placed in
| cold bare rooms with no blankets andI,
I c lothing, but the bare floors upon (
[which they might beat out their-
j brains.
She says that Clark premised some ;
reforms, and later she found condi-
tions only slightly improved, and the
cribs not abolished.
The commissioner says that she
visited the institution on November 2
aud found one patient shut in a bare
room with hands and arms stapped
j down with chains and no blanket to
lie on, and shut in a cell for four
days. Another was locked in a coffin
j shaped crib.
I She declares that the patients were
not given warm water in which to
l>athe, therefore they begged not to
be compelled to take baths, and a
Md odor greets the visitor as a result,
j^he alleges that one woman had
bruises on her body caused by being
j b.-aten by a guard.
Miss Barnard says she found four-
teen idiots In one cell ealing oT the
floor. She makes the- unusual state-
ment that It Is difficult to obtain
facts concerning the condition of the
j institution, as the sanitarium is built
on level grour.d and the management
ran see anyone appioaching and put
things In shape.
The commissioner has ordered the
abolishment of all corporal punish-
ment. use of straight Jackets only on
the orders of the physician, and in-
stallation of graduate nurses in each
ward and improvements generally In
the management.
Apologies to "Brute."
"Not that I love Smith less, but that
I love Bryn Mawr," said the Junior,
as he Invited a Philadelphia girl to
j the prom —Amherst Four 1/eaf Clover
Folly of Fretting and Fuming
I Stevenson: To fret and fume is un-
dignified, suicidally foolish, and theo-
I logically unpardonable.
Necessary to Support Life
As a rule, two productive acres of
laud arc required for each inhabitant
logically unpardonable.
In Rainy London
I,ondon annually makes use of i,-
000,000,000 umbrellas, one-fourth of
which are imported.
Wine Cheaper than Water
Wine in Spain Is so cheap that It
Is used instead of water for mixing
shoe blacking.
Habits—or Clothes
Gertrude—Did that Mrs. Sportlefgh
bring her riding habit? Kathryn—
No, but she brought all the others,
Youth's Brief Delight
Youth's greatest 'advantage over
age is that youth can see visions.
Lsisure and Laziness
Franklin; A life of leisure and s
life of laziness are two things.
An Every-Day Philosophy.
The Cyrenalc philosophy, "the mo-
ment for the moment's sake," is the
current philosophy of the modern man
. and woman.
The Last Time.
"This is the last time I'll get
stewed." muttered Percy Piker as the
cannibal chief dropped him into the
kettle —Harvard Lampoon.
Radical.
We frequently sec the statement
that earrings at _> sera-barbarous but
; haven't got it through our head yet
why they put in the semi—Ohio State
' Journal.
A Causual Inquiry.
"I never have tasted liquor of ally
kind nor used tobacco nor uttered an
oath in my life.' "I'm! You haven't
eh? Do you wear ruffles on your night
shirt?"—Exchange.
Child Botanists.
No fewer than 109 different speci-
mens of wild flowers were shown by
a Halberton (England) child at the
local flower show. Another child had
107 kinds.
Two Firemen Injured
Bartlesville. Okla.—Two firemen are
in a precarious condition and the big
Boston store is almost a total loss
as the result or fire here which was
discovered at an early hour Sunday
morning. The loss is estimated at
130.000, with considerable insurance.
The two firemen are Charley Lane
. nd Fred London. They weiv pieked
up by other members of the dejart-
men after they had fallen exhausted
from inhaling smoke.
Explained at Last.
The Pled Piper had just charmed
the children into the mountain. 'Told
them it was disputed whether it had
been cllmed," he said. Thus we see
his lure was comparatively common.
Oklahoma Man Has Invention
Washington D. Stalford of
Frederick, Okla Is in Washington
with a view of patenting an oil burn-
ler wnich he declares is an invention
with extraordlniry merit.
Mississippi Frozen Over
St. Louis, Mo.—With the exception
'of a few places the Mississippi liver
iis frozen over from St. Paul. Minn ,
[to Grand Tower. Ill . for the first time
in vears ice In the S Louis harbor
Is from one to five feet In thic knees
' nnd all rlv?r crafts are lce-loel«d.
His Ability.
A man's wife seldom gives him
credit for being able to decide for
himself after he has decided as to
Ler.
Criminals Have Short Arms.
A French scientist has discovered
that criminals have shorter arms than
the more law-abiding members of the
community.
Governor llsskelll has offered a re
ward of 1200 for the arrest of persons
guilty of dynsmltlng the store of a Pa-
den merchant and committing other
depredations in that section of Ok
fuskee county.
The department of the interior I"
planning for the Immediate expend!
ture of something like fCO.OOO of the
fund received from the sale of lots on
the new government addition to Law-
ton on public improvements on the
addition. Of this 3E,000 is to be spent
In building a ward school.
Broom corn last week sold on the
streets of Uwton at $240 per ton. U>-
csl manufacturers who control the
breoni making bulsnesB In Lawton de-
clare that there was not enough broom
corn raised in the country this year
to make two krooms to the family.
Sends Message to Pres. Taft
Rome In d ath as in life Cardinal
Batolll, the jrend pr*'ate. displayed
bis friendship for America.
Saturday morning, just prior to his
death, he turned tc an American a'
his bedside with a last message.
"Remember me to Piesidcnf Taft."
be said, and tell him that I hope
that the day will coin *h«>n the
United States and Italy wlH be alli<d
and that Italy will be a republic.
Robbers Fail in Bank Loot
Ada. Okla.—An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to rob the Hrst State
bank of Stonewall early Saturday
morning. The robbers blew the safe
with dymmite snd partially wrecked
the safe and bulldinc Just at the
time of the explosion Dr. Sullivan had
driven In from a call in the country
and gave the alarm. Soon officers
reached the sccne, end a fight between
clt liens snd robbers took place One
of the robbers was wounded and cell-
ing to bis compsnlons they made tbelr
escape
Ask Uncle Sam as Guardian
Washington A petition signed by j
1S.OOO fullhlooded me-nibera of the i
Creek. Chickasaw. Choctaw aud Cher- i
' Indian tribes has been prepared j
for presentation to congress and the !
president, asking Uniied States to1
continue as guardian of Indiana. -
The petition prays that citizenship
be withheld from them ou the ground
that they are not prepared to accept
the responsibilities as citizens of the
l tilted States and should not at this
{time- be subjected to dangers that
I might result.
Eufaula Harjo, bead man and four
'others as joint council of the four
tribes called, accompanied by bis In-
terpreter, James L. Orav. are here to
u'ge the cooperation of the Okla-
homa congressional delegation la the
natter.
Similar action WSS taken by the
ft'llblonds last year, and It Is said
was Instrumental In defeating the
"Owen-Carter bill' winding up the
afalrs of the Five Civ H ied Tribes.
i
Travelers to Build Home
Oklahoma City -The erection of a
bom" by the United Commercial Trav-
elers' association will be the big topi-
of discussion at a meeting of the com
I mercial men which is to be held lu i
! thin city Feb. 11 and 12. R. N. Mey
ers. the senior counselor, is boosting
Oklahoma city as the site for the
outldlng. and is receiving the support
of many members Another big sur-
prise will be the statement of In-
'crease In the organlzaticn, for each
1 year brings new men, and from re
ports the total number will reach 40o.
Muskogee Is Registry Town
j Washington— Figures furnished by
!th postoffic-e department show thst
! Muskogee ranka sixtieth among post
1 offices doing the largest legistry bus-
lines* In the United States. Daring
! the past yesr a total of 42.897 pieces
sere registered. Although a decrease
of 1.470 below last year's business Is
shown no ether city in Okla'nonA ap-
proaches Muskogee a registry bus*.
' eess.
W T« TO TH«
Society's Division.
Byron: Society is now one polished
horde formed of two mighty' tribes—
the Bores and Bored.
Few Would Dare.
Heine: Even with the most honest
Intention no man can tell *ho truth
about himself.
OKLAHOMA DIRECTORY
Nice light bread snd flaky biscuits
can be made from
CHOCTAW FLOOR
Insist on this brand and you
are sure to hsve the best
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